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New York Times, Thursday, January 20, 1966

11-Down : Sharp crests.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,004
Across
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Dweller in Catfish Row. : PORGY
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Stuffed olive. : PIMOLA
12
Quibbled. : CAVILED
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Clean-up man. : JANITOR
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Exhilarate. : ELEVATE
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Etch. : ENGRAVE
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Challenged. : DARED
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Age of innocence. : THREE
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Leased. : LET
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Bills. : BEAKS
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Creature of legend. : OGRE
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Horse and carriage. : RIG
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Expression of apology. : SORRY
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Men's wear. : TAILS
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Robe de chambre. : NEGLIGE
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Site of caverns in Virginia. : LURAY
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1 Across, for one. : ROLE
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___ of contention. : BONE
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Pile up. : AMASS
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Happened to. : BETIDED
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Hard hit. : SMASH
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Place. : LOCUS
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Month: Abbr. : DEC
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Bee: Lat. : APIS
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Birds. : MYNAS
43
Play, in a game. : MOVE
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Light color. : RED
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Of the ear. : AURAL
46
Lacking self-confidence. : TIMID
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Part of a spinning wheel. : TREADLE
49
Tenon's partner. : MORTISE
51
Certain income. : RENTALS
52
Precipitated, as icy rain. : SLEETED
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Homework of a kind. : ESSAYS
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Letters. : ESSES
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Heroic champion. : PALADIN
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Surplus. : OVERAGE
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Feather, for one. : RIVER
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Willing. : GLAD
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Thus far. : YET
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Facets. : PANES
7
Contemporary playwright. : INGE
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German pronoun. : MIR
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Earache. : OTALGIA
10
"Wouldn't It Be ___." : LOVERLY
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Sharp crests. : ARETES
12
Wood. : CEDAR
13
Cleanse. : DETERGE
14
Mountain man's dried beef. : JERKY
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Loser in a fabled race. : HARE
22
Reaches the vaporizing stage. : BOILS
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Rowed. : OARED
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Shake (a liquid). : SLOSH
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City of Phoenician origin. : TUNIS
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Fairway carpet. : GRASS
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Flower. : LOTUS
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Makes motionless, as a vessel. : BECALMS
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Units of current measure. : AMPERES
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Horses that have never won a race. : MAIDENS
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___ fide. : BONA
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Dweller in ancient Dead Sea kingdom. : EDOMITE
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Contrives. : DEVISES
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Author of "No Exit." : SARTRE
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Citharas. : LYRES
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Admitted. : CEDED
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Ponders (over). : MULLS
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Little ones. : MITES
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Call it ___. : ADAY
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___ jolie. : TRES
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See ___ glance. : ATA
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Bravo. : OLE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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